Is « évasion » masculine or feminine?
« évasion » is feminine. You say l'évasion.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'évasion |
| With the indefinite article | une évasion |
| With the partitive article | de l'évasion |
Plural
The plural is évasions (les évasions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
évasion ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so évasion follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « évasion » masculine or feminine?
« évasion » is feminine. You say l'évasion.
« l'évasion » hides the gender. Is « évasion » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'évasion » for both genders, but you say une évasion, not un évasion, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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